MAIHI Partnership Programme

Before you apply

Worth understanding what this actually is, because it is easy to mistake for a fund and it is not one. MAIHI Partnership Programme exists to make it easier for hapū, iwi and Māori housing providers to find and access support that already sits across different government agencies.

It runs a "no wrong door" approach. If you already have a relationship with an agency, or one of them offers something you want, go to them directly. Or come through MAIHI and be pointed the right way. For a trust that does not know which of Te Puni Kōkiri, Kāinga Ora or the housing ministry to approach, that is the point of it.

It sits under Te Maihi o te Whare Māori, the Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation Framework for Action, and MAIHI Ka Ora, the National Māori Housing Strategy running 2021 to 2051. Both are built on kaupapa Māori principles and on Māori leading their own housing solutions.

Two related things. He Taupua funded capability building for whānau trusts, ahuwhenua trusts, hapū, iwi and registered Māori housing providers, and is no longer accepting applications. And the land for housing programme acquires vacant or under-utilised Crown and private land for residential development, working with iwi and private developers — a different conversation worth having if you are looking for land rather than pūtea.

The pages carry the former Ministry of Housing and Urban Development branding. It became part of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport on 1 July 2026.